Bab 244: Chapter 242 Son of God
In the afternoon, after finishing his training, Link drove back to the villa. Through the car window, he saw a ripe lemon on the lemon tree in the botanical garden. It was orange-yellow, like a tennis ball. He picked the lemon with a pole, smelled it, and found the scent refreshing.
"Hey, Link, what are you doing there?"
Mr. Scott Stuber from the neighboring villa district was walking by on the sidewalk with five pet dogs.
The dogs were of various sizes, including poodles, teddy bears, and golden retrievers. These weren't the only five dogs in Stuber's house. Last time, Link had seen Stuber and his girlfriend, Molly Sims, each walking five dogs, making for a lively scene.
Compared to these five well-groomed and cute dogs, Mr. Stuber was dressed casually in a T-shirt, beach shorts, and slippers, with messy hair.
"Good afternoon, Scott! The lemons are ripe. Do you want some? They're great for cocktails."
Link held up the orange-yellow lemon and asked.
"No thanks, I have two lemon trees there too, and they seem to be ripening soon."
Mr. Stuber pointed to a villa in the distance.
As the two were talking, the fluffy teddy dog lifted its hind leg and peed under a lemon tree by the roadside. After peeing halfway, it ran to another tree and continued peeing.
Stuber smiled awkwardly and apologized to Link.
"You didn't go to work today?"
Link asked, looking at Stuber's attire. Mr. Stuber was the head of the film department at Netflix and held some shares in the company, with a net worth of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Today is Saturday, I don't have anything scheduled, so I'm just resting at home."
Stuber adjusted his glasses and said.
Link nodded, feeling that chatting with this guy was pointless. As he was about to go home, he heard Stuber say, "Link, Molly and I are getting married next week, and we're having a party at the villa. Do you and Taylor have time?"
"You're getting married? Congratulations! What day?"
"Wednesday!"
"I happen to have time that day."
"Oh, that's great! It would be an honor for Molly and me if you could attend our wedding."
Stuber smiled happily.
Woof! The teddy dog barked at Link twice.
"It's also my honor to receive your invitation."
Link smiled.
After chatting for a bit, Stuber continued walking with his dogs, scolding the teddy for being rude and not as well-behaved as the golden retriever.
Link listened and smiled. This guy was only 38 years old and worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but he dressed like a slob. He really couldn't understand why he made so much money.
Link searched under the tree and found two more ripe lemons. He climbed a ladder to pick them, then drove back to the villa.
As soon as he parked, he heard music and laughter coming from the pool. Link took off his jacket and walked towards the pool, seeing a group of people having a party from afar.
Taylor was sitting cross-legged by the pool, playing the guitar.
Beside her were Selena, Ke$ha, Miley Cyrus, model Jaime King, Blake Lively holding Honor Warren, members of Taylor's creative team, and a few others he didn't recognize, totaling more than ten people.
Link looked around and found that Taylor's circle of friends had changed a lot.
In the past, there were Katy Perry, Doutzen Kroes, Kristen Stewart, and Emma Roberts. Later, tabloids made up stories about them having ambiguous relationships with Link.
These people gradually disappeared from Taylor's parties, leaving only the precarious Blake Lively and Jaime King as familiar faces.
"Hey, Link!"
Blake Lively greeted him when she saw him.
"Hey! It's so lively here. Why didn't you invite me to the party?"
Link asked, tossing a lemon.
"You haven't had time to play these days, so why bother notifying you?"
Selena said, holding Olivia.
"Alright, that's true."
Link smiled gently and greeted the others at the party.
Seeing the cute Honor Warren in Jessica Alba's arms, he took out a small lemon for her to play with.
Honor was less than two years old, born in May last year. She was very delicate, like a doll, with two downward-sloping eyebrows, earning her the nickname "Worried Face."
Honor was about to take a bite of the lemon when Jessica quickly stopped her and tried to take it away. Honor opened her mouth and was about to cry.
Jessica had no choice but to return the lemon to her. The little one rubbed her front teeth against the peel, tasted the bitterness, and immediately frowned, making a cute expression.
Everyone laughed. Taylor blamed Link for causing trouble.
"Link, the match is tomorrow. Are you ready?"
Ke$ha asked, sitting on the sofa with a beer.
"Yes, I've been preparing all this time."
"Link, I bought tickets for the boxing match. I'll be there to cheer you on tomorrow."
Miley Cyrus smiled.
"That's great! I'll win tomorrow for sure."
Link waved his fist.
After chatting for a while, the girls continued talking about gossip, luxury goods, jewelry, and postpartum care.
Link listened for a while, then excused himself and returned to the villa's front hall. He went to the home theater to watch the match videos of his opponent, Andre Ward.
Andre Ward was his next opponent, the current IBF-WBO-WBF-IBO super middleweight champion, 25 years old, from San Francisco, California.
He had an amateur record of 114 wins and 5 losses.
He won gold medals at the 1996, 1999, and 2000 US National Golden Gloves Championships, as well as the 2001, 2002, and 2003 US National Boxing Championships. He was also the 2004 US Olympic Boxing Trials champion.
He won the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing event at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
During his amateur career, he was a light heavyweight boxer. After turning professional in 2005, he lost weight and switched to super middleweight, signing with a top event promotion company.
His current professional record was 25 wins and 0 losses, defeating Mikkel Kessler, Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, Lucian Bute, Edison Miranda, and all other top fighters in the super middleweight division except Link.
He was originally the WBO-WBF super middleweight champion. In June, he defeated Lucian Bute to win the IBO title, and in September, he defeated former IBF champion Arthur Abraham in Los Angeles to become the champion of four organizations, two major and two minor.
His fighting power was extremely strong.
He was known as the "American Zou Shiming" and the "Son of God."
If Link hadn't appeared, he would have been the first Grand Slam boxer in history, achieving honors including "Olympic champion + winning all four major organization titles + P4P king + undisputed champion + The Ring magazine champion + undefeated retirement + International Boxing Hall of Fame."
In terms of titles, he was even better than Mayweather, who only won a bronze medal at the Olympics.
However, he only competed in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions and had never defeated a top-tier boxer, making him far less famous in the international boxing world than Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, and Manny Pacquiao.
Overall, Andre Ward was a boxer whose strength surpassed his fame.
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